At last, Luis Llosa, our "international" Peruvian director, after making movies such as "Anaconda", has made a good movie. La Fiesta del Chivo (or "The Feast of the Goat") is a very good movie based on Mario Vargas Llosa's novel of the same title: it's powerful, emotive, and of high caliber.
The movie tells the story of how the Dominican Republic's dictator, Trujillo, was killed, and also the story of a woman who was the victim of Trujillo's barbaric acts.
The acting in the movie is very good. Isabella Rosselini is specially powerful as the grown-up Uranita, and Paul Freeman is believable and emotive as Agustín Cabral, Urania's father and "friend" of Trujillo. The rest of the cast is also good, and are a good complement for the main actors. Special mention to Tomas Milian, whose Trujillo is impressive, imposing and powerful.
This is a truly good movie. It has great acting, competent direction, and an interesting and sometimes impacting story. (Spoilers - if you are a sensitive person, you MAY be affected by the rape scene.) This is a movie that truly deserves to be named along with the name of Mario Vargas Llosa - it's powerful, emotive and highly interesting.
The movie tells the story of how the Dominican Republic's dictator, Trujillo, was killed, and also the story of a woman who was the victim of Trujillo's barbaric acts.
The acting in the movie is very good. Isabella Rosselini is specially powerful as the grown-up Uranita, and Paul Freeman is believable and emotive as Agustín Cabral, Urania's father and "friend" of Trujillo. The rest of the cast is also good, and are a good complement for the main actors. Special mention to Tomas Milian, whose Trujillo is impressive, imposing and powerful.
This is a truly good movie. It has great acting, competent direction, and an interesting and sometimes impacting story. (Spoilers - if you are a sensitive person, you MAY be affected by the rape scene.) This is a movie that truly deserves to be named along with the name of Mario Vargas Llosa - it's powerful, emotive and highly interesting.